This is a re-post of my 9/2/2008 post.
I am adding a link to Human Events: 10/6 H/E Article. I am glad to see that someone else finally noticed this 'card-check' issue.
I am not going to blog on the whole VP brouhaha - It bores me. Though, I am fascinated to see Obama saying 'I have more experience than Sarah Palin' - If he were only running for VPOTUS, this might make some sense....
Anyway - on the the mis-named 'Employee Free Choice Act', or EFCA. This should win the award for the 'Most Deceptively Named Legislation' in history.
The thrust of the act: It would remove the requirement for a secret ballot in elections that decide whether workers at a company want to form a union.
Instead, it would allow something called 'card-check'. This means that a Union representative (let's call him Vito - or Crusher, or Knuckles) would come to the employee of a company that the union was seeking to organize. Vito would hand the employee a 'card' and ask (nicely, I am sure) 'Duze you wants to sign this here card to get da union?'.
Now, you as the employee, can either sign - or, face the prospect of a late night visit from Vito and the other Crusher brothers to 'discuss' your objection to the Union. This will not be hard to imagine - since the Union will have the names of all 'prospective members' at their disposal.
This is compared to the current, secret, ballot where no one knows who voted for or against the union. What is interesting is that the Union's originally pushed for the secret ballot to battle company's intimidation of its workers. And it worked exactly that way - it protected workers from company retaliation. But now, it is protecting workers from Union intimidation - so enter the 'card check' of the EFCA.
It was very clever to name this bill the EFCA. The only free choice you have is to sign the card in the presence of Union thugs to avoid getting your ass kicked later - or phone calls at night - or vandalism of your car....you get the picture.
For two opposing websites:
For the EFCA (union backed): http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/
Against: Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/research/Labor/bg2027.cfm
Now, Barack Hussein Obama (aka BHO) is for the EFCA - no suprise - because it is a Socialist's dream come true.
As an interesting aside - did you know that Sarah Palin's husband is a member of the United Steel Workers?
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Ah, a fellow Michigander who KNOWS what the EFCA will mean.
Don't forget the fallout and casulties as millions lose their jobs and more businesses close and the dollars keep on flowing to cheap labor China.
Good luck to us all. I believe we won't remember America of the dot com boom for much longer.
Years ago I had been an employee of the Watervliet Paper Mill in Watervliet Mich. I had 11 years of senority. The Union was voted in, with the employees given 30 days to join. The union had what was called a closed shop. (not a union shop)
It was my personal conviction as a Christian principle that made it not possible for me to join any union. And NO, I do not think that this is case for all Christians.
Regardless, after the 30 days, I was fired. It seems U.S.A. anti/constitutional to fire anyone who was employed for 11 years before the union surfaced?
Well, the case is [USA Supreme court tested], and the case was upheld in the unions favor.
Also before I was fired, I was told that the company wanted to put me on some type of a salaried position, and the union would have no part of that.
And about this card signing bill?? If it will be passed for unions, why not just have it done [OPENLY] for the Presidential elections! And then you would see the fur fly, huh!
Newell Hammond
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